Babagida Surname

62,489th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,032 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Babagida Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Babagida Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,0301:22,0601,968
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Babagida (10,499) may also be a first name.

Babagida Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Babagida Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Babagida is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Babagida click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Babagida? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 62,489th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 907,314 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Babagida live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Babagida is also the 59,317th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 10,499 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,030 people, or 1 in 22,060. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 13 percent reside, Jigawa, where 9 percent reside and Kebbi, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Babagida Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (90%) in Nigeria.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Babagida
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